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Amanda Norrie's avatar

Acton bucked the trend again in 1970: out went Kenneth Baker, in came Nigel Spearing for Labour. He campaigned for lifts on what has become the Elizabeth line. Fifty years later we got them. He also organised a demo on the A40 to show how dangerous it was for pedestrians. Non-violent direct action by an MP! He went to a safer seat in 1974.

Thanks for the analysis of voting by electorates with significant populations of Indian origin. It was very surprising to me that the Tories did not make a lot more of gaining Harrow council last year, but it hardly featured in media that I see and hear. That happened before Sunak became PM, but Priti Patel was already prominent, with Suella Braverman moving up, putting radically right wing MPs with Indian backgrounds very much in the public eye and emboldening illiberal attitudes.

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Graham Harries's avatar

The former Uxbridge seat has been Labour - held in the past - though the seat has trended to the Tories. John Ryan narrowly won it for Labour in 1966 before being defeated in 1970. Prior to 1959 the seat had been a Labour-leaning marginal.

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